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This publication argues that the agenda for international financial reform must be broadened in at least two senses. First of all, it should go beyond the issues of financial prevention and resolution...

This is the official report submitted to the General Assembly by the Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean on its formal session (451st meeting) held on 26 July 2005 at United Nations Headquarters.

This is the official report submitted to the General Assembly of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean on its formal session (453rd meeting) held on 24 July 2009 at United Nations Headquarters.

In its resolution 64/23, the General Assembly, having taken note of the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean (A/64/29), requested the Chair of the Committee to continue his informal...

Foreign debt has been the focus of much attention and contention over the years. The debt 'hangover' of many developing countries and particularly of the heavily indebted poor countries has not been...

This publication reviews the current controversy on the reform of the international financial architecture. It discusses essential propositions for a relevant reform, areas of growing consensus and...

Official records of the Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean

Official records of the Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean

This is the biennial report submitted to the General Assembly by the Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean.

This publication investigates the role of bonds as a source of external finance in Latin America in the 1990s. It also examines why financial volatility and contagion were particularly relevant to...

The volatility and contagion characteristic of international financial markets has dominated emerging economies during the 1990s. This paper looks at the role of developing countries' domestic...

During the 1990s, recurrent crises linked to abrupt changes in the direction of international financial flows have been observed in Mexico and most of the Southeast Asian economies. This publication...

This publication takes a look at some of the basic problems that the international financial system faces. It also discusses the roles of international financial institutions and the essential...